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05-18-2014, 05:50 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bucharest, Romania
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| Big yorkie here :) Hello, it's my first post on this forum and I am so happy I found a community like this one. I own a big yorkie, he is 14 pounds( 6 kilos) very muscular and strong too I went yesterday to Pet Expo, wanted to buy something nice for my baby... aaand a very "smart" lady (she was representing Hills brand food) told me that my Max is a mix yorkie because it is impossible for a yorkie to be that big... it is not the first time. Many people do not know anything about yorkies and their history and they still talk and argue with you. Please look on my pics with Maxy and tell me what do you think? I have no idea what kind of yorkie mix could he be? |
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05-18-2014, 06:10 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: west long branch, n.j.
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| Just because he weighs 14lbs doesn't mean he is not a yorkie. Both of mine weigh 11llbs and there are some yorkies here that weigh more than that. Yorkies where originally larger and have been bred smaller. AKC standard is up to 7lbs. So much more to love! I guess that Hills representative doesn't know what she is talking about.
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05-18-2014, 06:18 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bucharest, Romania
Posts: 14
| Thanks for your message!! I wish I could know how to argue with these people... |
05-18-2014, 06:56 AM | #4 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Not all dogs of a breed meet the AKC breed standard of size, color, gait or temperament, head, body type, etc., and although your dog is twice as big as the typical Yorkie. The breed is placed in the Toy Dog Group due to its diminutive size and while your baby is far too large to meet the standard in that aspect, she still has the look of many AKC purebred Yorkies in your picture and seems to meets the breed standard in other aspects of breed conformation. Your baby looks like a handsome, proud, sweet-looking Yorkie girl. We have an unofficial "club" on YorkieTalk known as the "Teapot Club" for members who have big babies like yours: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...apot-club.html
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
05-18-2014, 07:10 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island, New York
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| Both you and Max are beautiful. He looks all Yorkie to me. Welcome to YT.
__________________ Lisa and Katie Ashley 6/10, Gracie 2/04, Kiwi 10/03, and Jolie 7/93 . |
05-18-2014, 08:00 AM | #6 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Your little cutie looks ALL yorkie to me! He is so cute. WELCOME to YT - glad you found us .
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
05-18-2014, 08:06 AM | #7 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| :Oops!!! I said "girl" when you have a "boy". He certainly seems to qualify for the YT Teapot Club.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
05-18-2014, 08:13 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| welcome to YT, you have a beautiful YORKIE, My girl (now past) was a beautiful 17 lbs of sleek beautiful body. When ppl who only knew smaller yorkies would approach me, ask what breed she was, when I would say a yorkie, they would say she could not be because she was so big, I would tell them yes she is, she is a "standard" yorkie lol, I would then continue to say, there are tea cups, mini's and standards lol. Non yorkie owners, to tell me my baby was NOT a yorkie. Give them the same answer, that will shut them up lol. My other 3 also all past weighed 10 to 13 lbs, they were shorter then my 17 lb girl, all pure loving yorkies.
__________________ Joan, mom to Cody RIP Matese Schnae Kajon Kia forever in my A House Is Not A Home Without A Dog |
05-18-2014, 09:01 AM | #9 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Just because a yorkie weighs over a certain amount dosent make them not a yorkie. Honestly what she said was rude and I would email hills and let them know. Mine is 17 pounds and there are members who have them even larger.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
05-18-2014, 09:21 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bucharest, Romania
Posts: 14
| Thank you guys!! Next time I will know for sure what to say to those rude and ignorant people... I tried to discuss this problem on romanian forums aswell but even there people dont understand the weight problem on yorkies. |
05-18-2014, 09:40 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Delray Beach, FL
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| It's hardly worth discussing it with ignorant people. I always hear folks say that my 16 pound Yorkie must be mixed. He's not. He just never stopped growing
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05-18-2014, 10:28 AM | #12 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Littleton CO
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| I've had three rescue yorkie "teapots" and they're all Yoirkie! Enjoy yours, they're lots of fun. |
05-18-2014, 11:56 AM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: NI
Posts: 37
| I would just not listen to people like that it has happen to me before as bob weighs 20lbs and people think he is cross with something else I just tell people that I have seen his parents and have the papers for them |
05-18-2014, 12:06 PM | #14 |
No Longer A Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: usa
Posts: 238
| My Keno 1s 14 lbs and full yorkie, AKC from show Breeder. Yes it does happen, and guess what it does a lot. Do not waste your time talking with people who do not know what they are talking about. Great looking boy, he looks full yorkie to me. |
05-18-2014, 01:03 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Bucharest, Romania
Posts: 14
| I try not to waste my time with these kind of people, but sometimes it is hard. I read so many posts and articles about "teapot" yorkies and I know that original yorkie was pretty big. In my country, breeders sell so called "teacup yorkie" or "toy yorkie" ) and people just buy it... they are so naive and at the same time so snob. I know for sure that someday someone will get slapped for his/her rude comment about my big boy |
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